EyePoint Pharmaceuticals' YUTIQ™ for Posterior Segment Uveitis to be Presented at the 2018 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting

WATERTOWN, Mass., April 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:EYPT) (ASX:PVA), a specialty biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic products, today announced that two abstracts supporting the Company's YUTIQ™ (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant) 0.18 mg three-year micro-insert for noninfectious posterior segment uveitis have been accepted for presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2018 Annual Meeting being held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from April 29 - May 3, 2018.

The abstract accepted for a paper presentation is titled "Safety and Efficacy of an intravitreal 0.18 mg fluocinolone acetonide insert (FAi) for the treatment of non-infectious posterior segment uveitis (NIPU) - pooled results of two phase 3 trials". The data will be presented by Eric Suhler, M.D., Casey Eye Institute-OHSU and VA Portland HCS, Portland, Oregon, during the session titled: "Advances in Clinical Therapeutics for Uveitis" on Thursday, May 3, 2018, from 12:00 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. HST.

"ARVO is one of the most important ophthalmology conferences of the year and we are extremely pleased that data from our YUTIQ Phase 3 studies has been selected for presentations at ARVO and we look forward to sharing the data with retinal and uveitis specialists," commented Nancy Lurker, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our NDA for YUTIQ for the treatment of noninfectious posterior segment
uveitis is currently under review by the FDA with a PDUFA date of November 5, 2018. We believe that, if approved, YUTIQ has the potential to become an important new treatment option for the thousands of patients suffering from this disease, which is the third leading cause of blindness."

About Noninfectious Posterior Segment UveitisNoninfectious posterior segment uveitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the posterior segment of the eye, often involving the retina, which is believed to be a leading cause of blindness in the developed and developing countries. It affects people of all ages, producing swelling and destroying eye tissues, which can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. In the U.S., posterior segment uveitis affects between 80,000 -
100,000 people. Today, patients with posterior uveitis are typically treated with systemic steroids, but over time frequently develop serious side effects that can limit effective dosing. Patients then often progress to steroid-sparing therapy with systemic immune suppressants or biologics, which themselves can have severe side effects including an increased risk of cancer.

About EyePoint PharmaceuticalsEyePoint Pharmaceuticals (formerly pSivida Corp.) (www.eyepointpharma.com), headquartered in Watertown, MA, is a specialty biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic products in indications with high unmet medical need to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company has developed three of only four FDA-approved sustained-release treatments for back-of-the-eye diseases. In addition, DEXYCU™ (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% was approved by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 9, 2018. DEXYCU is administered as a single intraocular dose at the end of ocular surgery for postoperative inflammation and it is the first and only FDA approved intraocular product with this indication. ILUVIEN® (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant), a micro-insert for diabetic macular edema,
licensed to Alimera Sciences, is currently sold directly in the U.S. and several EU countries. Retisert ® (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant), for posterior uveitis, is licensed to and sold by Bausch & Lomb. The New Drug Application (NDA) for our lead product candidate, YUTIQ™ micro-insert for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, has been accepted for filing by the FDA and is currently under standard review with a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date of November 5, 2018. The Company's pre-clinical development program is focused on using its core Durasert platform technology to deliver drugs to treat wet age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, osteoarthritis and other diseases. To learn more about the Company, please visit www.eyepointpharma.com and connect on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+.

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